Monday, February 13, 2012

McAlister's Chicken Tortilla Soup

We love McAlister's Chicken Tortilla Soup and lately it has been our go to for picking up dinner when I don't feel like cooking. Sadly, they only have it two days a week so it is hit or miss when we decide to order. We do like the others but the Chicken Tortilla is by far our favorite.

So, like any good blogger would do I googled it and found several copycat recipes. The recipe I went with is below. It turned out amazing! Even the kids, who haven't had the original, loved it!

Ingredients:﻿

3 garlic cloves, minced

1 onion, chopped

3 TBSP butter

2 TBSP all purpose flour

3 can chicken broth

4 cups half and half

1 can condensed cream of chicken soup

1 cup salsa

1 15 oz can creamed corn

1 lb cooked and shredded boneless chicken breast

2 tsp ground cumin

2 1/2 TBSP fajita seasoning mix

Tortilla chips (we used scoops)

8 ounces cheddar or monterrey jack cheese

In a large pot over medium heat saute the garlic and onion in butter for about 5 minutes. Add flour and stir until well blended, about 1 minute.

Add chicken broth and half and half, bring to a boil and reduce the heat to low. Add the soup, salsa, corn, chicken, cumin and fajita seasoning. Stir and cook about 15 minutes.

Place 1/2 oz of shredded cheese in a bowl and ladle soup in. Top with additional 1/2 oz of cheese.

You can top with crumbled chips if you choose but we scooped. I served roast beef and turkey croissants on the side.

41 comments:

Oh! This looks so good. I've never had totilla soup before - but I'm gonna have to try it. I'd love for you to share this at my new link party.Rachelhttp://adventuresofadiymom.blogspot.com/2012/02/terrific-tuesday-2-and-features.html

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I LOVE McAlister's Chicken Tortilla Soup, so I made this last night and it is a very good soup but McAlister's Deli is much better. If you did a blind folded side by side test you can taste the difference. But if you have never had McAlister's then you wouldn't know the difference and this is a very good tasty soup.